Simone Maranzana

Evolve

Andrea Gandino

<p>The professional plugin for creating responsive layouts in WordPress.</p>
<p>Built on the CSS grid foundation, the Advanced Columns plugin is the most powerful and flexible layout builder block for WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Official website</a> | <a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Browse the documentation</a> | <a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Pro version</a></p>
<h3>The best plugin for Designers</h3>
<h3>Layout</h3>
<p>Take control of layout grids, move your columns using a drag-and-drop interface, and precisely define their position at every breakpoint.</p>
<h3>Backgrounds</h3>
<p>With Advanced Column, you can place a different images at every breakpoint and even combine it with solid color or gradient overlays.</p>
<h3>Typography</h3>
<p>Need to change the text alignment at a specific breakpoint? With Advanced Columns you can do so while still all the other text controls from WordPress Core.</p>
<h3>Different ways to design your pages</h3>
<p>Advanced Columns is the most comprehensive layout tool for WordPress: it leverages the power of CSS Grid, and allows for the creation of fixed column layouts, all of this is packed into an intuitive interface that doesn’t require coding skills.</p>
<h3>One-click presets for a quick editing workflow</h3>
<p>Advanced Columns comes with a control that allows you to change the entire arrangement of your content, based on the most common columns configurations. With one single click, you can entirely change how your section looks at a specific breakpoint: that’s a nice time saver!</p>
<h3>Intuitive no-code drag & drop interface</h3>
<p>The Advanced Columns Plugin for WordPress offers designers an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, customizable Media Query breakpoints, and exceptional flexibility.</p>
<h3>Plugin standard features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Drag & drop interface</strong> – Edit your content directly in the Block Editor.</li>
<li><strong>Media Queries support</strong> – Perfectly define the breakpoints of your project.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable columns and rows</strong> – Create grids exactly the way you want.</li>
<li><strong>Background image support</strong> – The perfect decoration for your content.</li>
<li><strong>Solid color or gradient overlay</strong> – Fine tune the appearance of your backgrounds.</li>
<li><strong>Quick presets</strong> – Apply commonly-used layouts with just a click.</li>
<li><strong>Precise spacing controls</strong> – Control every detail.</li>
<li><strong>Single columns z-index control</strong> – Place content on top of everything else.</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Developers by Developers</h3>
<p>Developers are in our hearts. We thoughtfully crafted our plugin with a focus on solid principles, ensuring a professional and enjoyable experience for developers. Advanced Columns is extensible, secure and optimized: from the development point of view, this plugin has got your back.</p>
<p><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Browse the documentation</a></p>
<h3>Built on the foundations of CSS Grid</h3>
<p>Advanced Columns runs on CSS Grid. With such a powerful foundation, there are no limits to what you can build.</p>
<p>Since column blocks templates are dynamically rendered, styles are dynamically processed too, and are inlined in page only when you actually need them: this way, your pages will perform better in speed tests, and put you in control of their output.</p>
<h3>Data portability in an instant</h3>
<p>With a robust set of block transforms: whether you’re coming from Core columns, you’ve been using Core groups or even our Grids plugin, your data and styles can be automatically brought over to Advanced Columns with a single click.</p>
<p>The choice is yours regarding which blocks to use for your layout. With Advanced Columns one thing is for sure: you are the one in control.</p>
<h3>Semantically robust markup and style</h3>
<p>We know what effect heavy markups make, right? Pages become unnecessarily heavy, the code quickly becomes unreadable, and they even mess up your text-to-markup ratio.</p>
<p>Advanced Columns relies on minimal markup to render, and offers the tools to alter the semantics of the generated HTML to fit your needs.</p>
<h3>Extensible, future-proof and optimized</h3>
<p>As developers, we like having control. That’s why, through various hooks and filters, Advanced Columns provides you with all the tools you need to extend the plugin as you please.</p>
<p>We prioritize flexibility, and Advanced Columns, with its robust data structure, is a versatile solution that simplifies idea implementation. You know what else we like? Speed! All these goodies are backed up by an optimized platform that has performance at its core.</p>
<h3>Not yet another page builder</h3>
<p>Advanced Columns is embracing the power and flexibility of the Site Editor: by following WordPress Core closely, we are ensuring that the plugin stays lean, efficient and secure.</p>
<p>How cool would it be to add a truly problem-solving plugin to your website and be sure that it won’t mess up your performance? Well, Advanced Columns is that plugin.</p>
<h3>The solution for the next generation of WordPress projects</h3>
<p>Advanced Columns has been designed to be included in a project with ease and its controls be targeted to specific user roles, so that your clients won’t accidentally mess up your beautiful layouts.</p>
<p>The plugin integrates seamlessly with Block Themes: this means that you’ll be able to modify your theme’s theme.json file and instantly see those changes reflected on our blocks’ controls. Take borders, spacing values, or even colors for example: Advanced Columns will work as one with your theme!</p>
<h3>Where to start</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/getting-started/" rel="nofollow ugc">Create your first layout</a></li>
<li><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/columns/" rel="nofollow ugc">Columns functionality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/column/" rel="nofollow ugc">Single column functionality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/theme-supports/" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme supports</a></li>
<li><a href="https://advancedcolumns.com/docs/settings/media-queries/" rel="nofollow ugc">Media queries configuration</a></li>
</ul>
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Advanced Columns Block: Layout builder

The professional plugin for creating responsive layouts in WordPress.

Weston Ruter

<p>This plugin extends the core Post Date block variation, specifically the “Post Date” variation of the Date block. It appends the modified date to the block whenever it differs from the published date (when rendered in the provided date format). You can configure prefixes and suffixes for both dates, and you can display the modified date on a separate line.</p>
<p>For a full writeup of this plugin, see my <a href="https://weston.ruter.net/2026/01/19/post-date-block-published-modified/" rel="nofollow ugc">blog post</a>.</p>
<p>This is a prototype or stopgap for <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/53099" rel="nofollow ugc">gutenberg#53099</a> (Post date: It is not clear that “display modified date” replaces the publishing date). See also <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/61920" rel="nofollow ugc">gutenberg#61920</a> (Add prefix / suffix to Post Date block). What eventually lands in core will hopefully leverage “<a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/73929" rel="nofollow ugc">shortblocks</a>” so that the conditional prefixes and suffixes needn’t be provided in a block settings panel.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>Open the Site Editor to edit a block template.</li>
<li>Insert a Date block.</li>
<li>In the block settings, click the “Transform to variation” button and select “Post Date”.</li>
<li>A new “With Modified Date” panel appears in the settings. Enable the “Show modified date when different from published date” toggle.</li>
<li>Configure the prefixes and suffixes for the published date and modified date when the two differ for the selected date format; optionally enable the toggle to show the modified date on a separate line.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> There is currently no preview in the editor. To see the changes, save the block template and navigate on the frontend to a post that has been modified at least a day after publishing.</p>


Post Date Block: Published & Modified

Appends the modified date to the Post Date block when different from the published date.

Advanced Columns Block: Layout builder vs Post Date Block: Published & Modified